Introduction

PHP is a thoroughly tested product to use with NGINX because it is the most popular web-based programming language. It powers sites, such as Facebook, Wikipedia, and every WordPress-based site, and its popularity hasn't faded as other languages have grown.

In this chapter, we'll go through examples of the more common PHP scenarios and how to implement them with NGINX. As WordPress is the most popular of the PHP systems, I've included some additional information to help with troubleshooting. Even if you're not using WordPress, some of this information may be helpful if you run into issues with other PHP frameworks.

Most of the recipes expect that you have a working understanding of PHP systems, so not all of the setup steps for the systems will be covered. This is to keep the book succinct and allow the focus to be on the NGINX components.

In order to keep the configurations as simple as possible, I haven't included details such as cache headers or SSL configurations in these recipes. This will be covered in later chapters and the full working configurations will be made available via https://github.com/timbutler/nginxcookbook/.